Boards & columns
Organize your work into boards and columns, and see how Kard stores them so they travel with your project in source control. This page is a how-to: each section is one task.
How Kard’s words map to “boards” and “columns”
Section titled “How Kard’s words map to “boards” and “columns””Kard has no literal “Board” or “Column” — these are familiar names for two real Kard features. Learn the mapping once and the rest of this page is straightforward.
| You might say… | In Kard it’s actually… |
|---|---|
| A board | A folder — a container for your cards |
| The columns | The folder’s workflow statuses (default: Open / In Progress / In Review / Done) |
| The kanban layout | The Board view — one of the Tasks layouts |
So a “board” is a folder, its “columns” are the statuses you can give cards in that folder, and the kanban screen that shows those statuses side by side is the Board view. The rest of this page uses Kard’s real names.
Create a folder (your “board”)
Section titled “Create a folder (your “board”)”You create and manage folders in the sidebar — the local folder tree on the left of the Kard window.
- In the sidebar, start a new folder. Kard adds one named NewFolder.
- Type a name for it inline and confirm.
The new folder is ready immediately. Kard also creates a small folder metadata asset inside it automatically — that’s where your folder’s columns and settings live (see How folders are stored).
Rename a folder
Section titled “Rename a folder”- In the sidebar, rename the folder and type the new name.
- Confirm.
Kard moves the folder’s cards, its metadata, and any attachments together — nothing is left behind. Your columns and folder settings survive the rename, because Kard tracks each folder by a stable internal ID rather than its name.
Delete a folder
Section titled “Delete a folder”- In the sidebar, delete the folder.
- Confirm.
This removes the folder and the cards inside it. Before anything is destroyed, Kard writes a recoverable record of what was deleted, so the deletion is traceable later in the activity history.
Understand and customize columns (workflow statuses)
Section titled “Understand and customize columns (workflow statuses)”A “column” is a workflow status — a stage a card can sit in, like Open or Done. Each folder has its own ordered list of statuses, and that order is the left-to-right column order on the board.
The default columns
Section titled “The default columns”If a folder doesn’t define its own workflow, Kard uses the default:
- Open
- In Progress
- In Review
- Done
A new card always starts in the first status of its folder’s workflow.
How a folder gets its columns
Section titled “How a folder gets its columns”A folder uses its own workflow if it has one. If it doesn’t, Kard looks up the parent folders for the nearest one that does, and falls back to the default if none is found. This means you can set a workflow once on a top-level folder and have subfolders inherit it.
Customize a folder’s columns
Section titled “Customize a folder’s columns”Edit a folder’s columns in Settings → Workflows.
- Open Settings → Workflows.
- Pick the folder you want to edit.
- Add, remove, rename, recolor, or reorder statuses.
Your changes apply to that folder. If you edit a folder that was inheriting its workflow, Kard first gives it its own copy — so your edits never leak into a parent folder. Leaving a folder’s workflow empty makes it inherit again.
Switch between List and Board views
Section titled “Switch between List and Board views”The Tasks view offers layouts you can toggle, including a List view and the kanban Board view.
- List shows cards as rows.
- Board shows your columns side by side, with each card in its status column. Empty columns still appear, in workflow order, so the board’s shape is always clear.
To move a card to a different status on the board, drag it from one column to another. Kard updates the card’s status to match its new column.
Save a view as a preset
Section titled “Save a view as a preset”A saved view is a folder-scoped preset — it remembers a folder’s layout, grouping, and filter settings so you can return to that arrangement later. A saved view appears only under the folder it was captured in.
How folders are stored
Section titled “How folders are stored”A folder’s configuration — its columns, description, and icon — is saved as a normal Unreal asset (.uasset) inside the folder itself. There’s nothing special to set up.
- Version-controlled like any content. Because a folder’s config is a plain asset, it commits with your project. Your columns travel with the folder through source control, so the whole team sees the same workflow.
- No external service. Everything lives in your project’s content. Nothing leaves your machine.
- One exception — saved views. Saved views are per-user editor settings, not project content, so they are not version-controlled and not shared. The columns themselves are.